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Training fnr (Extizjenstyip 



MEMORY GEMS 



FOR 



CHARACTER BUILDING 



BY 
WILLIAM ALEXANDER SMITH, A. B., 

Superintendent of Schools, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



To train for citizenship is but to train for manhood and 
womanhood. - > , 



A. H. OSBORN, Publisher, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



uc 



the library of 
congress, 

Two Copies Receiv 

APR 2-5 1903 

Copyright Eniry 

CLASS (V XXc No 

COPY B. 




COPYRIGHT 1903. 

By WILLIAM ALEXANDER SMITH. 



TRAINING FOR CITIZENSHIP. 



!Plan of ffiook. 

'TJdf N CHILDHOOD, habits of action, thought, 
t| I and feeling can be established which will 
^-J color the whole after life. For youth is 
the time to sow the seed which will bring forth 
fruit in harvest time. In establishing some of 
these cardinal principles, the ethical as well as 
the mental activities must be developed. This 
can be accomplished by keeping the mind of the 
growing child constantly fixed on the potent 
factors that combine to make the highest type 
of citizenship. All good memory gems are 
valuable for this kind of training. The main 
objection to the usual collection is the lack of 
proper relation to a central thought, because 
with a confusion of ideas the grasping of a 
fundamental truth is often lost. 

To accomplish the end of this class of exer- 
cise, I have arranged these memory gems under 
some central thought, around which the whole 
work for the period of a week is grouped. Each 
topic, as for example, Honesty, Duty, Humility, 
Love of Knowledge, furnishes an ethical idea. 
"Thoughts for Character Building" are fur- 
nished to round out ideas already formed and 



give the wide-awake teacher, or parent, sugges- 
tions for talks that will be full of inspiration to 
the child. 

The plan of the book is very simple. The teach- 
er will have ready for immediate use one memory 
gem for each school day. This quotation should 
be placed on the blackboard on the preceding 
day so that the* child can unconsciously assimi- 
late the words. Before the talk this should be 
erased, and the children asked, "What is the 
thought for to-day ? ' ' 

The teacher can enlarge on this by speaking 
along the line of the ideas suggested under 
"Thoughts for Character Building." Here lies 
the great opportunity for the teacher, or parent, 
for it is as necessary for them to think and be 
prepared as it is for the child. 

This little book is based on a fuller treatment 
of the same subject called "The True Citizen" 
(Markwick and Smith) published by the Ameri- 
can Book Company, New York City, to which 
company I wish to make full acknowledgment 
for subject matter used. 

The Author. 



CONTENTS. 



Topical Treatment. 



j€ Uopic for £ach School 7l/eek. 

I Education 9 

II Observation ... 10 

III Obedience 11 

IV Candor 12 

V Affection 13 

VI Cheerfulness 14 

VII Love of the Beautiful 15 

VIII Love of Knowledge 16 

IX Youth 17 

X Industry 18 

XI Ambition 19 

XII Concentration 20 

XIII Self-Control 21 

XIV Perseverance 22 

XV Promptness 23 

XVI Honesty 24 

XVII Courtesy 25 

XVIII Self-Denial 26 

XIX Self-Respect 27 

XX Conscientiousness 28 

XXI Enthusiasm 29 

XXII Courage 30 

XXIII Self-Help 31 

XXIV Humility 32 

XXV Faithfulness 33 

XXVI Manhood 34 



XXVII Order 35 

XXVIII Reverence 36 

XXIX. Sentiment 37 

XXX Duty 38 

XXXI Temperance 39 

XXXII Patriotism 40 

XXXIII Independence 41 

XXXIV The Ideal Man 42 

XXXV Good Citizenship 43 

XXXVI The Home 44 

XXXVII The Community 45 

XXXIII The Nation 46 

XXXIX The Ideal Citizen 47 

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ZfAe TTfission of the ZJeacher. 

O CAPTURE the citadel of the child's mind 



SI 



yf through love and sympathy ; to lead 
pupils toward higher ideas of life and &vXy ; to 
establish closer relations between home and 
school and state ; to exault purity of life and 
conduct ; to strengthen the moral tone of the 
community ; to make good men and women ; to 
establish and dignify the profession of teaching; 
to make education attractive ; to magnify the 
state ; to meet the need for educated citizenship ; 
such is the exalted mission of the teacher. — From 
State Superintendent CHARLES R. SKIN- 
NER'S Year Book. 



I. 

Education. 

97/emory Sems. 

Every man stamps his value on himself. — 
Schiller. 

No capital earns such interest as personal 
culture. — President Eliot. 

The end and aim of all education is the devel- 
opment of character. — Francis W. Parker. 

One of the best effects of thorough intellectual 
training is a knowledge of our own capacities. — 
Alexander Bain. 

Education is a growth toward intellectual and 
moral perfection. — Nicholas Murray Butler. 

5? §3 §3 
TJhouffhis for Character building. 

Goodness outranks even uprightness. 

It is the mind that acts as the universal pendulum. 

Self-knowledge must not be confused with self-conceit. 

The true education develops the head, the heart, and 
the hand. 

Education and freedom are the only true sources of 
greatness. 

Half the blunders of humanity come from not know- 
ing oneself. 

Subject for Character Study — Daniel Webster. 

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Observation. 

9tyemory Sems, 

We get out of Nature what we carry to her. — 
Katherine Hagar, 

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise 
men learn much from fools. — Lavater. 

The non-observant man goes through the 
forest and sees no firewood. — Russian Proverb . 

Some men will learn more in a country stage- 
ride than others in a tour of Europe. 

— Dr. Johnson. 

The world is full of thoughts, and you will 
find them strewed everywhere in your path. — 
Elihti Burritt. 

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TJhouyAts for Character Study. 

All conscious life begins in observation. 

Careful observers become accurate thinkers. 

The active, observing eye is the sign of intelligence. 

The student should learn to make a right use of his 
eyes. 

The young person who is quick to observe human 
character avoids bad companions. 

Subject for Character Study .—John James Audubon. 



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Obedience. 

Memory Sems. 

IyOve makes obedience easy. — T. Watson. 
The education of the will is the object of our 
existence. — Emerson. 

To learn obeying is the fundamental art of 
governing. — Carlyle. 

If thou wouldst be obeyed as a father, be 
obedient as a son. — William Penn. 

Do not make a poor excuse 

Waiting, weak, unsteady ; 

All obedience worth the name 

Must be prompt and ready. — Phoebe Cary. 

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Uhoutyhts /or Character Sfiiiildtnt/. 

A cheerful obedience is one of the strongest proofs of 
love. 

One of the greatest hindrances to obedience is a false 
pride. 

Obedience forms the first step in the building of the 
character. 

Obedience to a reasonable law is a source of moral 
strength and power. 

Subject for Character Study. — "The Charge of the 
Light Brigade." 



IV, 
Candor. 

Tfyemory Sems. 

Truth lies at the bottom of the well. 

— Old Pi r overb. 

Candor looks with equal fairness at both sides 
of a subject. — Noah Webster. 

Daylight and truth meet us with clear dawn. 
— Milton. 

Perfect openness is the only principle on 
which a free people can be governed. 

C. B. Yonge. 

There is no fear for any child who is frank 
with his father and mother. — Ruskin. 

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Uhouffhis for Character building. 

Candor is the sign of a noble mind. 
Candor is a virtue which is everywhere commended. 
Frankness is a combination of truthfulness and 
courage. 

Frankness and candor will always win respect and 
friendship. 

Candor is the pride of the true man, the charm of the 
noble woman, and the rarest virtue of society. 

Subject for Character Study. — Dean Stanley. 



Affection. 

'fflfemory Sems. 

Gratitude is the music of the heart. 

— Robert South. 

The best way of recognizing a benefit is never 
to forget it. — J. J. Barthelmey. 

The affection and the reason are both neces- 
sary factors in morality. — Fowler. 

True love burns hottest when the weather is 
coldest. — Swinnock. 

The mind has a thousand eyes, 

And the heart but one ; 
Yet the light of a whole life dies 

When love is done. — F. W. Bourdillon. 

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TJhouffhts for Character ^Building. 

True gratitude never forgets. 
We love because we must love. 
How much we owe to our parents. 
A man who desires friends must show himself friendly. 
We strengthen our feelings by giving them suitable 
expression. 

Subject for Character Study. — Abraham Lincoln. 

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VL 

Cheerfulness. 

97?emory Sems. 

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health. — 
Addison. 

Give us, oh give us, the man who sings at his 
work . — Ca rlyle . 

Age without cheerfulness is like a I,apland 
winter without the sun. — Cotton. 

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of 
sadness. — Fuller. 

The habit of looking at the bright side of 
things is better than an income of a thousand a 
year. — Hume. 

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"UhougAts for Character Sftuiidi'ntp. 

Join the •''Sunshiners." 

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of argument. 
Cheerfulness costs nothing and yet it is invaluable. 
Try for a day to keep yourself in an easy and cheerful 
frame of mind. 

"A little word in kindness spoken 

A. motion or a tear, 

Has often healed a heart that's broken, 

And made a friend sincere. " 

Subject for Character Study. — Sydney Smith. 
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VIL 
The Love of the Beautiful. 

'?7?emory Sems. 

The beautiful can never die. — Kingsley. 
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. — Keats. 
The love of beauty is an essential part of all 
healthly human nature. — Ruskin. 

The sense of beauty is its own excuse for 
being. — Dr. Hedge. 

If eyes were made for seeing, 

Then beauty is its own excuse for being. 

— Emerson. 

3? 5» 3> 

7Jhout/hts for Character ffiuiidtntj. 

Good taste is essentially a moral quality. 

The love of the beautiful is an unfailing source of 
happiness. 

The beautiful in nature and in art is that which gives 
pleasure to the senses. 

The boy or girl that likes what you like belongs to 
the same class as you do. 

The child who plucks a rose to pieces destroys a 
work which the highest art could not create. 

What we get put of communion with nature depends 
largely on what we take to that communion. 

Subject for Character Study. — Alfred Tennyson. 
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The Love of Knowledge. 

Ttfemori/ Sems. 

Knowledge is the eye of the soul. — T. Watson. 

Common sense is knowledge of common 
things. — M. C. Peters. 

It is noble to seek truth, and it is beautiful to 
find it. — Syd?iey Smith. 

It has cost many a man life or fortune for not 
knowing what he thought he was sure of. 

— J. Staples White. 

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of 
riches, increases ever with the acquisition of 
it. — Sterne. 

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7Jhouijhts for Character ^Building. 

Nothing is so costly as ignorance. 

Partial knowledge nearly always leads us into error. 

Many men know a great deal, but not all men are 
capable. 

The love of knowledge has been characteristic of 
most great men. 

Wisdom is the ripe fruit of knowledge ; knowledge is 
the beginning of character. 

Subject for Character Study. — Alexander VanHumbolt. 
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IX. 

Youth. 

97Jemori/ Sems. 

The child is father of the man. — Wordsworth. 
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth 
doing well. — Chesterfield. 

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success 
but yourself. — Emerson. 

A man cannot live a broad life if he runs 
only in one grove. — -J. Staples White. 

'Tis education forms the common mind, 
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. 

—Pope. 

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"Uhoughts for Character {Building. 

"What I am in the long run, is what I am to make 
myself. ' ' 

The youthful period of man's life is by far the most 
important. 

Lessons of purity must be written deep on the tables 
of the heart. 

To make the most of one's youth is to qualify one's 
self to become a real man. 

No one knows what possibilities of goodness and 
greatness are buttoned up under a boy's coat. 

Subject for Character Study — William E. Gladstone. 

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X- 

Industry* 

TTfemory Sems, 

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. — 
Hogarth. 

Know something of everything and every- 
thing of something. — Lord Brougham. 

The difference between one boy and another 
lies not so much in talent as in energy. 

— Dr. Arnold. 

Work wields the weapons of power, wins the 
palm of success, and wears the crown of victory. 
— A. T. Pier son. 

A lazy man is of no more use than a dead man, 
and he takes up more room. — O. S. Marden. 

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Tjhoughts for Character SRuilding. 

Man must be self-made or never made. 

Labor is the great schoolmaster of the race. 

Industry is one of the best antidotes for crime. 

Each evening is a crisis in the career of a young man. 

Labor is indeed the price set upon everything which is 
valuable. 

Work is difficult in proportion, as the end to be at- 
tained is high and noble. 

Subject for Character Study . — Cornelius Vanderbilt. 
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XL 

Ambition. 

97/emort/ Sems. 

Hope without an object cannot live. 

— Coleridge. 

Have an aim in life, or your energies will all 
be wasted. — M. C. Peters. 

Kvery one should take the helm of his own 
life, and steer instead of drifting. — C. C. Everett. 

Ambition is to life just what steam is to the 
locomotive. — -J. C. Jaynes. 

No toil, no hardships can restrain ambitious 
men inur'd to pain. — Horace. 

TJhouffhts for Character ttuitding. 

The men at the summit fought their way up from the 
bottom. 

Not what others have done, but perfection, is the 
only true aim. 

"Heaven is not reached by a single bound, 
But we build the ladder by which we rise 
From the lowest earth to the vaulted skies 
And we mount to its summit round by round. ' ' 

— Holland. 

Subject for Character Study. — General Havelock. 

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xn. 

Concentration. 

< ?7pemori/ Sems. 

Success grows out of struggles to overcome 
difficulties. — Smiles. 

He who follows two hares is sure to catch 
neither . — Franklin . 

The important thing in life is to have a great 
aim and the determination to attain it. — Goethe. 

A healthy definite purpose is a remedy for a 
thousand ills. — O. S. Marden. 

The evidence of superior genius is the power 
of intellectual concentration. — B. R. Hayden. 

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Uhoutjhis for C/iaracier {Building. 

Who ever heard of excuses in football-playing. 

Concentration begins with the habit of attention. 

People who have concentration never make excuses. 

Mental shiftlessness is the cause for many a failure. 

It is the men with one idea who have changed the 
face of the world by sticking to a single aim. 

The world is full of unsuccessful men who have spent 
their lives letting down empty buckets into empty wells. 

Subject for Character Study . — David Livingstone. 



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Self-Control. 

7/Jemory Sems. 

Self-mastery is the essence of heroism. 

— Emerson. 

He who reigns within himself is more than a 
king. — Milton . 

I have only one counsel for you — Be master ! 

— Napoleon. 

Self-control is essential to happiness and use- 
fulness. — E. A. Horton. 

He is a fool who cannot be angry ; but he is a 
wise man who will not. — Old Proverb. 

S3 §3 3* 

'Uhouffhis for Character building. 

Self-control is at the root of all the virtues. 
A single angry word has lost many a friend. 
He who would lead must first control himself. 
The man who would succeed in any great undertaking 
must hold all his faculties under perfect control. 

He lost the game ; no matter for that. 

He kept his temper and swung his hat 

To cheer the winners — a better way 

Then to lose his temper and win the day. 

— Youth'' s Companion. 

Subject for Character Study. — George Washington. 



Perseverance* 

/Tfemorj/ Sems. 

Kvery noble work is at first impossible. 

— Carlyle. 

Victory belongs to the most persevering. 

— Napoleon. 

Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, 
but in rising every time we fall. — Goldsmith. 

Success in most things depends on knowing 
how long it takes to succeed. — Montesquieu. 

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and 
succeeding the twentieth. — Dr. J. Anderson. 

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TJhougAts for Character SQui'ldt'ng. 

Give us men like mountains who change the winds ! 

Great men never wait for opportunities ; they make 
them. 

Always watch with great interest a young man's first 
failure. 

Perseverance depends on three things — purpose, will, 
enthusiasm. 

Without perseverance nothing valuable can be 
accomplished. 

Subject for Character Study . — George Stephenson. 



Promptness* 

J/femory Sems. 

One to-day is worth, two to-morrows. 

— Franklin. 

Whilst we are considering when we are to 
begin, it is often too late to act. — Quintilian. 

By the street of by and by one arrives at the 
house of never. — Cervantes. 

When a fool makes up his mind, the market 
has gone by. — Spanish Proverb. 

'The individual who is habitually tardy in 
meeting an appointment, will never be respected 
or successful in life. — W. Fisk. 

§j §» §3 

Uhoughts for Character S/Suiidtng. 

Delays often have dangerous endings. 

Promptness takes the drudgery out of a difficult 
work. 

Whatever you have to do, think out the quickest way 
of doing it, and do it at once. 

"Some people have three hands— a right hand, a left 
hand and a little behind hand." 

"Putting off " usually means "leaving off." "Going 
to do" becomes "going undone." 

Subject for Character Study . — "Sheridan's Ride.'" 

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XVI* 

Honesty* 

97femori/ Sems. 

Truth needs no color, beauty no pencil. 

— Shakespeare. 
An honest man's the noblest work of God. 

— Pope. 
The basis of high thinking is perfect honesty. 

— Strong. 

Nature has written a letter of credit on some 
men's faces which is honored whenever present- 
ed . — Thackeray . 

If there were no honesty, it would be invent- 
ed as a means of getting wealth. — Mirabeau. 

2? 2? 2? 

fjhougrhts for Character Sftuilding. 

Truthfulness is moral transparency. 

"Nothing is profitable that is dishonest." 

Honesty and policy have nothing in common. 

Honor lies in doing well whatever we find to do. 

There is nothing that improves a boy's character so 
much as putting him on his honor. 

If treating your boy as a gentleman does not make 
him a gentleman nothing else will. 

Subject for Character Study . — George Peabody. 
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XVII. 

Courtesy* 

fyemory Sems. 

Conduct is three-fourths of life. 

— Matthew Arnold. 

There is no policy like politeness. — Magoon. 

Life is not so short but there is time enough 
for courtesy. — Emerson. 

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are 
smoothest . — Rich ter. 

Nothing can constitute good breeding that 
has not good-nature for its foundation. — Bulwer. 

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TJhoughts for Character SRuildi'ng. 

The young owe respect to their elders. 

We can be amiable without being weak. 

True courtesy springs from a genuine goodness of 
heart. 

Good manners constitute the proof of a noble char- 
acter. 

To be truly courteous one must think first of others ; 
last of oneself. 

Let us not be so busy as to forget the gracious acts 
and delicate courtesies of everyday life. 

Subject for Character Study. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

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xvm. 

Self-Denial. 

fT/emory Sems. 

Self-denial is the essence of heroism. 

— Emerson. 

True self-denial involves personal sacrifice for 
the good of others. — Dr. Momerie. 

To give up interest for dut)' is the alphabet of 
morals. — James Hinton. 

A man of self-denial has the true ring which 
distinguishes the genuine from the counterfeit. 

— Prof. Seeley. 

The worst education which teaches self-denial 
is better than the best which teaches everything 
else, and not that. — John Stei-ling 

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HJAouffAts for Character Sftuildtng. 

True self-denial is the result of a calm and deliberate 
attachment to the highest good. 

In our earliest years we must train ourselves to forego 
little things for the sake of others. 

The burdens which boyhood and girlhood must bear 
in acquiring an education, learning a trade, resisting 
temptations, and building spotless characters, demand 
the constant exercise of self denial. 

Subject for Character Study. — Charles Lamb. 
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XIX. 

Self-Respect, 

97femori/ Sems. 

Above all things reverence yourself. 

— Pythagoras. 
No one can disgrace us but ourselves. 

— -J. G. Holland. 
Self -distrust is the cause of most of our fail- 
ures. — Bovee. 

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, 
these three alone lead life to sovereign power. 

— Tennyson. 
To thine own self be true ; and it will follow, 
as night the day, thou canst not then be false 
to any man. — Shakespeare. 

5» 5» 5> 
Uhoughts for Character Sftui'ldine?. 

Self-respect is a great aid to pure living. 

True self-respect challenges the admiration of others. 

It never pays to respect a man who does not respect 
himself. 

It is generally the man who thinks well of himself 
who comes to be thought well of. 

The main business of life is not to do something great, 
but to become great in ourselves. 

Subject for Character Study. — Sir Walter Scott. 
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Conscientiousness* 

Tffemorj, Sems. 

Conscientiousness is the underlying granite 
of life. — Sir Walter Raleigh. 

When love of praise takes the place of praise- 
worthiness, the defect is fatal. 

— 5*. Baring- Gould. 
When a man is dead to the sense of right, he 
is lost forever. — James McCrie. 

The value of conscientiousness is principally 
seen in the benefits of civilization. 

— Charles Kings ley. 
There is only one real failure in life, and that 
is not to be true to the best one knows. 

— Canon Farrar. 
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"Uhoutjhts for Character Zftuildinff. 

Conscientiousness is an inborn desire to do right. 

A well-trained life is filled with the light of con- 
science. 

Conscience does not teach us what is right ; we learn 
that from experience. 

Fair play is a trait to be cultivated by young people 
in their sports, in family life and in school. 

Subject for Character Study . — Charles Summer. 
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XXL 

Enthusiasm. 

Ttfemory Sems. 

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. 

— Bulver. 
Enthusiasm is the fundamental quality of 
strong souls. — Carlyle. 

The only conclusive evidence of a man's 
sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. 

— Philip Brooks. 
Enthusiasm is the romance of the boy that 
becomes the heroism of the man. 

— A. Bronson Alcott. 
Every great and commanding movement in 
the annals of the world is the triumph of some 
enthusiasm . — Emerson . 

5» 5» S? 

"Uhoughts for Character Nuclei in (jr. 

Enthusiasm is life lit up and shining. 

Enthusiasm is the element of success in everything. 

Enthusiasm makes weak men strong, and timid 
women courageous. 

Gladstone says that what is really wanted, is to light 
up the spirit that is within a boy. 

Subject for Character Study. — Thomas A. Edison. 
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XXII. 

Courage* 

Ttyemory Sems. 

The best hearts are always the bravest. 

— Sterne. 

In noble souls, valor does not wait for years. 

— Cor nettle. 

Courage is always greatest when blended with 
meekness. — Earl Stanhope. 

A brave man hazards life, but not his con- 
science. — Schiller. 

A great deal of talent is lost in the world for 
want of a little courage. — Sydney Smith. 

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ZJAoughts for Character SBuildi'ng. 

A brave man is one who knows his danger and faces 
it. 

The noblest kind of courage is submission to the laws 
of right. 

The spirit of courage will transform the whole temper 
of your life. 

Genuine courage is based on something more than 
animal strength. 

The courageous man is a real helper in the work of 
the world's advancement. 

Subject for Character Study. — Theodore Roosevelt. 

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XXIIL 

Self-Help- 

97?emory Sems. 

Our remedies oft in themselves do lie, which 
we ascribe to heaven. — Shakespeare. 

Be sure, my son, and remember that the best 
men always make themselves. — Patrick Henry. 

God gives every bird its food, but he does not 
throw it into the nest. — J. G. Holland. 

Every person has two educations, one which 
he receives from others, and one, more impor- 
tant, which he gives himself. — Gibbon. 
In battle or business, whatever the game, 
In law, or in love it is ever the same ; 
In the struggle for power, or the scramble for 

pelf, 
Iyet this be your motto, "Rely on yourself. " 

— J. G. Saxe. 
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Uhoughts for Characier Sftuiiding. 

If you have anything to do, do it yourself. 

Men who have been bolstered up all their lives are 
seldom good for anything in a crisis. 

The best thing that can happen to a young man is to 
be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for 
himself. 

Subject for Character Study . — Stephen Girard. 
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Humility* 

97/emory Sems. 

Humility is the true cure for many a needless 
heartache. — A. Montague. 

It is easy to look down on others ; to look 
down on ourselves is the difficulty. 

— Lord Peterborough. 

Humility is a divine veil which covers our 
good deeds, and hides them from our eyes. 

— St. John Climacas. 

Humility is the root, mother, nurse, founda- 
tion, and bond of all virtues. — Chrysostom. 

Modest humility is nature's crown ; for the 
beautiful is a hidden thing, and shrinks from its 
own power. — Schiller. 

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'Uhoughts for Character iftuiidtnff. 

The true man is both meek and self-reliant. 

True humility is strength putting itself by the side 
of weakness. 

When we realize how little we know, we shall earn- 
estly strive to know more. 

We must not forget that the greatest lives have 
always rested on foundations of humility. 

Subject for Character Study. — Phillips Brooks. 

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XXV* 

Faithfulness. 

9/femory Sems. 

Faithfulness is the soul of goodness. 

— /. S. White. 

That which we love most in men and women 
is faithfulness. — S. Brooke. 

It is the fidelity in the daily drill which turns 
the raw recruit into the accomplished soldier. 

— W. M. Punshon. 

The secret of success in life is for a man to be 
faithful to all his duties and obligations. 

— Disraeli. 

The truest test of civilization is not the 

census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops ; but 

the kind of men the country turns out. 

— Emerson. 
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TJhoutjhts for Character ffiuiidintj. 

Faithfulness in the daily routine of school work has 
laid the foundation of many a noble character. 
I've alius noticed that success 
Is mixed with troubles, more or less 
And its the man who does the best 
Who gets more kicks than all the rest. 

—James Whitcomb Riley. 

Subject for Character Study. — Cyrus W. Field. 

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XXVI. 
Manhood. 

Jtyemory Sems. 

It is the pushing fellows who get well to the 
front. — William Black. 

The tricky, underhanded individual, pays 
higher for all he gets. — W. M. Thackeray. 

A man ought to be something more than the 
son of his father. — J. Staples White. 

Honor and shame from no condition rise ; 
Act well your part, there all the honor lies. 

— Pope. 

The darkest hour in the life of any young 
man is when he sits down to study how to get 
money without honestly earning it. 

— Horace Greeley. 

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vAouy/its for Characier building. 

Every man will count for all he is worth. 

"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at 
the flood, leads on to fortune." 

Remember that dividends in life are not paid until 
the investment of personal effort has been made. 

After the age of twenty, very few men commence a 
course of virtue,or abandon one of vice. — Horace Mann. 

Subject for Character Study.— James A. Garfield. 

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XXVII. 

Order. 

y7/emorj/ Sems. 

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty. 

— C. Simmons. 

Without method, little can be done to any 
good purpose. — Macaulay. 

A place for everything, and everything in its 
place. — Old Proverb. 

Order is the law of all intelligible existence. 

— Blackie. 

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of 
the body, the peace of the city, and the security 
of the state. — Sotithey. 

Zjhoutp/its for Character {Building. 

Order is heaven's first law. 

The great enemy of order is laziness. 

' 'Method consists in the right choice of means to an 
end.'' 

Success in life depends upon having the principal of 
order. 

Good habits are the first steps in order for children — 
punctuality, neatness, a place for everything. 

Subject for Character Study.— John Wesley. 

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XXVIII. 

Reverence. 

Memory Sems. 

Reverence is the crown of moral manhood. 

— C. King shy. 

No man of sound nature ever makes a mock 
of reverence. — T. T. Munger. 

True reverence is homage tempered with love. 

— W. B. Pope. 

In the full glow of the light of our times, only 
the pure are really revered. — Wilberforce. 

Reverence is alike indispensable to the happi- 
ness of individuals, of families, and of nations. 

— Smiles. 

S? S» 5» 

Uhoutyhis for Character &ui/ding. 

Only the reverent can appreciate nature. 

Reverence is developed by looking for the good in 
others. 

Reverence, then, is not fear ; but wonder, solemnity, 
and veneration. 

Reverence is more than awe, it is awe softened and 
refined by gentleness and love. 

Three kinds of reverence should be taught to youth — 
for superiors, for equals, and for inferiors. 

Subject for Character Study. — Henry W. Longfellow. 

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XXIX. 

Sentiment. 

97/emory Sems. 

Sentiment is nothing but thought blended 
with feeling. — J. F. Clarke. 

Sentiment takes part in the shaping of all 
destinies. — R. Southey. 

A little child is the sweetest and purest thing 
in the world. — J. S. White. 

Sentiment is the life and soul of poetry and art. 

— J. Flaxman. 

Sentiment is emotion precipitated in pretty 
crystals by the fancy. — J. R. Lowell. 

23 23 ?? 

Uhoughis for Characier building. 

Sentiment is the life and soul of poetry and art. 

Noble sentiments are the richest possessions we can 
have. 

Sentiment is the wing-power of man, whereby he has 
ability to fly away from the commonplace and un- 
worthy. 

Sentiment lead us to love sacred spots, to create 
commemorative days, and to sing songs of gratitude 
together. 

Subject for Character Study. — Beethoven. 

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XXX. 

Duty. 

9fyemory Sems. 

The path of duty is the way to glory. 

— Tennyson. 
A sense of duty pursues us ever and every- 
where. - — Webster. 

The consciousness of duty performed ' ' gives 
us music at midnight." — George Herbert. 

I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty. 
I woke and found that life was Duty. 

— E. S. Hooper. 
I^et us have faith that right makes might ; 
and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as 
we understand it. — A. Lincoln. 

5? $» e? 

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England expects every man to do his duty. 

— Lord Nelson. 

Of all the watchwords of life, duty is the highest and 
best. 

It is conscience that sets a man on his feet and duty 
that keeps him there. — Smiles. 

By doing the proper duty, in the proper time and 
place, a man may make the entire world his debtor. 

Subject for Character Study . — Lord Nelson. 

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XXXL 

Temperance. 

t 77?emori/ Sems. 

Rum will brutalize the manliest man in Chris- 
tendom. — J. B. Gough. 

Rum excites all that is bad, vicious and crimi- 
nal in man. — -J. S. White. 

There may be some wit in a barrel of beer, 
but there is more in leaving it alone. 

— C. Garrett. 

Sobriety is the bridle of the passions of de- 
sire, and temperance is the bit and curb of that 
bridle; a restraint put into a man's mouth; a 
moderate use of meat and drink. 

— -Jeremy Taylor. 

Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the pres- 
ervation of divine order in the body. 

— Theodore Parker. 

53 & §3 
Uhoughts for Character ttut'/dtny. 

Intemperance is now considered a social disgrace. 

Consider what it is to gain the mastery over a single 
passion. 

The temperate man desires to hold all his pleasures 
within the limits of what is honorable. 

Subject for Character Study. — Father Mathew. 

39 



XXXII. 

Patriotism* 

Tremor?/ Sems. 

The noblest motive is the public good. 

— Virgil. 
The one best omen is to fight for fatherland. 

— Homer. 
Patriotism is a principle fraught with high 
impulses and noble thoughts. — Smiles. 

The revolutionists has seldom any other ob- 
ject but to sacrifice his country to himself. 

— Aliso7i. 
It is impossible that a man who is false to his 
friends should be true to his country. 

— Bishop Berkeley. 

2? 5> S? 

TJhouephts for Character Sftuildeng. 

Every good man in politics wields a power for good. 

It is not merely natural to be patriotic, but it is also 
reasonable and right. 

Think of all the cost of money and noble lives at 
which our liberty has been won. 

We must never forget, as we think or speak of patri- 
otism, that such private virtues as honesty and industry, 
are its best helps. 

Subject for Character Study.— John Adams. 
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XXXIIL 

Independence* 

97/emory Sems. 

Keep out of the crowd, if you have to get 
above it. — M. C. Peters. 

The freedom of the mind is the highest form 
of independence. — G. B. Fisk. 

A country cannot subsist without liberty, 
nor liberty without virtue. — Rousseati. 

The spirit of independence is not merely a 
jealousy of our own particular rights, but a 
respect for the rights of others. 

— S. Baring -Gould. 

The love of independence is not only instinct- 
ive in man, but its possession is essential to his 
moral development. — George Eliot. 

& S? 5» 
TJ/ioughts for Character building. 
The wisest charity is to help a boy to help himself. 
The world's greatest things have been accomplished 
by individuals. 

Full manhood depends upon freedom of thought and 
independence of action. 

Vast numbers of men and women ruin their lives by 
failing to assert themselves. 

Subject for Character Study. — Thomas Jefferson. 
4i 



XXXIV. 

The Ideal Man* 

fyemory Sems. 

From the lowest depth there is a path to the 
highest height. — Carlyle. 

A man seldom loses the respect of others 
until he has lost his own. — F. IV. Robertson. 

There are certain things we feel to be beauti- 
ful and good, and we must hunger after them. 

— George Eliot. 
The man who thinks himself inferior to his 
fellows, deserves to be, and generally is. 

— William Black. 
It is characteristic of small men to avoid 
emergencies ; of great men to meet them. 

— Charles Kingsley. 

£3 53 2? 

TjAouyAts /or Character 33ui'ia*e'ng. 

A man cannot change his nature, though he may con- 
ceal it. 

Not what men do, but what their lives promise and 
prophesy, gives hope to the race. 

The poor and unfortunate are our opportunity, our 
character-builders, the great schoolmasters of our moral 
and Christian growth. 

Subject for Character Study. — The Son of Man. 
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XXXV* 

Good Citizenship* 

JT/emori/ Sems, 

A great nation is made only by worthy citi- 
zens. — Charles Dudley Warner. 

Nothing is politically right that is morally 
wrong. — O' Conner. 

The noblest principle in education is to teach 
how best to live for one's country. — G. T. Balch. 

The good citizen will never consent that his 
voice and vote shall sanction a public wrong. 

— A. M. Gow. 

Let our object be, our country, our whole 
country, and nothing but our country. 

— D. Webster. 

5? 3* ?? 

TJhoutyhts for Character ffiuilding. 

Citizenship stands inseparably connected with the 
family. 

America has been made to make and sustain happy 
Americans. 

Each century has marked a decided improvement in 
the condition of mankind. 

Each member of the family who is old enough to 
appreciate its privileges, is old enough to share its 
burdens. 

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XXXVI* 

The Home* 

*??/emori/ Sems. 

The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the 
world. — Anon. 

The fireside is the seminary of the nation. 

— Goodrich. 

Karly home associations have a potent 
influence upon the life of the State. — Child. 

Nothing proves more ruinous to the State 
than the defective education of the women. 

— Aristotle. 

The sorest spot in our municipal and national 
condition, is the decline of the home idea. 

— C. H. Parkhurst. 
§? 53 ?? 
ZT/iouffAfs for Character building. 

The home is the birthplace of true patriotism. 

The training of a good citizen must begin at the 
cradle. 

The homes of any people are the very beginnings of 
its progress. 

Patriotism always falls back upon the home life and 
the home interests for its inspiration and its power. 

The strength and prowess of any land lies in the char- 
acter of its citizens ; and their character depends largely 
upon the character of their homes. 

44 



XXXVIL 

The Community* 

< 77femori/ Sems. 

Municipal government should be entirely 
divorced from party politics. — C. H. Parkhurst. 

Too many of our citizens fail to realize that 
local government is a worthy study. — John Fiske. 

Every citizen should be ready to do his full 
part in the service of the community in which 
he lives. — E. C. Mann. 

Each separate township needs men who will 
inspire respect and command confidence. 

— W. A Mowry. 

L,et the man who, without good excuse, fails 
to vote, be deprived of the right to vote. 

— W. H. H. Miller. 
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TJhouffhis /"or Character iftuiidtng, 

Man is selfish as well as social. 

We must not take too narrow a view of public life. 

Our one supreme object should be to raise the tone of 
our citizenship. 

The motto of every good citizen should be, ' 'the best 
means to promote the greatest good to the greatest 
number." 

God made the country and man made the town. 

— Cowper. 

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XXXVIIL 

The Nation* 

*?7/emory Sems. 

IyOve your country and obey its laws. 

— Noah Porter. 

The sum of individual character makes na- 
tional character. — E. C. Mann. 

The true defense of a nation lies in the moral 
qualities of its people. — Edwin C. Mason. 

Everything learned should be flavored with a 
genuine love of country. — R. Edwards. 

Noble ideas of citizenship and its duties 
strengthen the will of all patriots. 

— Merrill E. Gates. 

©» $» 3» 

ZjAoughts for Character ffiuiidinff. 

The crying need of to-day is for men of public spirit. 

The citizens must share the risk of his country, as 
well as its benefits. 

American government is "a government of the 
people, by the people, for the people.'' 

The public service is not only for times of war and 
tumult, but also for times of prosperity and peace. 

In a land like this, where the government is formed 
by its citizens, it can only be maintained by its 
citizens. 

46 



XXXIX. 

The Ideal Citizen. 

97/emory Sams. 

Voters are the uncrowned kings who rule the 
nation. — Morgan. 

A second-rate man can never makes a first-rate 
citizen. — J. S. White. 

Kvery good man in politics wields a power for 
good. — M. C. Peters. 

If you want a clean city, vote to place the 
government in clean hands. — Dr. McGlynn. 

The ideal citizen is the man who believes that 
all men are brothers, and that the nation is 
merely an extension of his family. — Habberton. 

£» £> S? 

TJhoughts for Character {Building. 

The real man is discovered in the sum total of his 
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Men must first be made manly, before they can be 
made truly useful. 

A fully-devoloped manhood is the highest possible 
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interests before his own." 

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